Your National Gardening Association weekly news for October 8, 2016

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Articles you may enjoy:

Ripening Vine Crops

Making Pumpkins Last

Harvesting root crops

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Andean Silver-Leaf Sage (Salvia discolor)
By kniphofia:

Photo of Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris 'Adelaide Addison')
By robertduval14:

Photo of White Bat Flower (Tacca 'Nivea')
By mellielong:

Photo of Torch Lily (Kniphofia rooperi)
By kniphofia:

Photo of Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta 'Cappuccino')
By kniphofia:

Photo of Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
By Gleni:

Photo of Richmond Birdwing Butterfly Vine (Pararistolochia praevenosa)
By Gleni:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'France Libre')
By sunnyvalley:

Photo of Intermediate Bearded Iris (Iris 'I'm Wicked')
By gwhizz:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Final Episode')
By yadah_tyger:

The most popular Landscape Photos from last week:

Click an image to view the names of the plants in each photo.

Photo by Fleur569:

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Photo by Gardenho:

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Photo by Gardenho:

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Photo by Paul2032:

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

8 people gave

for post #1288786 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6" by flaflwrgrl

8 people gave for post #1289614 in "Sharon Brown (Sharon)" by LarryR

5 people gave for post #1292008 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6" by GrammaChar

4 people gave for post #1288878 in "Banner for October 3, 2016 by Dinu" by Dinu

4 people gave for post #1287207 in "September 2016 website redesign is complete!" by gardenglory

4 people gave for post #1290631 in "An Amazing Experience" by Avedon

3 people gave for post #1292567 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6" by jmorth

3 people gave for post #1292546 in "September 2016 website redesign is complete!" by tx_flower_child

3 people gave for post #1287125 in "Banner for October 1, 2016 by dirtdorphins" by dirtdorphins

3 people gave for post #1291832 in "Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6" by dirtdorphins

The most active threads this week:

Subject	OP	Area	Replies
Hurricane Matthew	plantladylin	Florida Gardening forum	156
Sharon Brown (Sharon)	Trish	Garden of Memories forum	120
Our Orchid blooms in October 2016	Ursula	Orchids forum	100
Bee Friends And Other Garden Guests - Chapter 6	wildflowers	Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum	96
Some irises that need a home	UndertheSun	Irises forum	96
October 2016 Butterflies, Moths & Larva	mellielong	Gardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum	61
How Do You Label Your Daylilies	Legalily	Daylilies forum	49
Just to let you know ....	beckygardener	Daylilies forum	42
Photos frozen	beckygardener	Site Talk forum	36

Some new reviews from the Green Pages:

Kabby recommended Almost Eden and wrote:

First time ordering from AE. I hadn't read the reviews beforehand but like others they had hard to find plants. John delayed shipment for me and also changed an order. Great communication and the plants were beyond words. Well packed, robust plants, the banana I ordered was fully 3ft tall. I will be ordering from them again!

Check out these numbers from last week:

355 members joined.
6,097 posts written.
858 images posted to the plant database.
832 plants added to personal inventory lists.